Homemade Pasta Sauce

Ingredients

• One pound ground beef (or turkey)
• One onion, diced
  
• Three cloves of garlic, minced
  
• One half cup of mushrooms, sliced
• One large can crushed tomatoes in puree
  
• Handful fresh basil, chopped

Steps

• Brown ground beef over medium heat. When browned, remove meat from pot with slotted spoon and place in bowl.
• In drippings, cook diced onions over medium-low heat for at least 10 minutes until soft and slightly caramelized.
• Add garlic and mushrooms to onions. Cook additional 5 minutes.
• Return beef to pot. Add crushed tomatoes. Simmer for 10 minutes
• Add basil to sauce. Simmer additional 10 - 15 minutes.

Notes: Serve over your favorite shape pasta. I like farfalle or penne, J prefers spaghetti. Make sure to salt and pepper at each step. I use garlic salt on the beef, and regular salt for the remainder. Reheats very well, and doesn't become greasy as some tomato sauces do.